USS Whitehurst

USS Whitehurst was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. She was named for Henry Purefoy Whitehurst. Her keel was laid at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California on 21 March 1943. Launched on 5 September 1943, she entered service on 19 November 1943.

Her class ran to 98 ships. The class followed the Evarts-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Cannon-class destroyer escort.

She displaced 1,400 long tons standard and 1,740 long tons at full load. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.3 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 23 knots, and she carried a complement of 213. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 653 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 27 November 1946. She recommissioned on 1 September 1950. She was struck from the register on 12 July 1969.

She was expended as a target on 28 April 1971. The wreck survives.

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